, 1887-10-06
Pickings.

The new steamer built for the Sno-
homlsh river trade Is being supplied
With machinery at the Tacoma Iron
works, and will be ready for business
in about two weeks.
". $. Ladd, the Portland banker,
Is said to be the endoTser of Geo. w.
Hunt. The latter is the lowest and
the successful bidder for the second
forty miles OF road to be constructed
for tho Seattle, Lake Shore and East
ern
Seattle Press; The ARGUs has been
changed from an evening to a morn
ing paper, and tue Can will begin
the publication of an evening paper
today, No better evidence of the
prosperity of Port Townsend could
be offered.
Last Monday after ten years search
Capt Gee discovered the wreck of
the stermer Brother Jonathan, lost
twenty-tMo years ago. The wreck
hos two miles south cf Northwest
Seal rock, eighteen miles northwest
from Crescent City, ON the Oregon
coast. She struck on rock not down
on the chart.
Seattle Press: The building for
the depot of the Seattle, Lake Shore
and Eastern will be commenced short
ly. 1t will extend from Mill street to
the southern line of Columbia, 400x70
feet, two stories, and nothing in the
Territory will compare with it in the
same line. The freight department
will front on Mill street and that of
the passengers on Columbia
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year ut the annual
convention of the Y. NJ. G. A. of the
Pacific northwest which has Just ad-
journed at the Dalles, Oregon:. Pres
ident, A. q. Ansell, OF Spokrne; first
vice president, j. 4, Ross, of Astoria;
second vice president, W. Austin, of
New Westminster, b. c.; third vice
president, L. z. Boyd, of Salem, Ore
gon; secretary, 6. A. Charnock, Of
Astoria The next annual session
will be held at Seattle.
A New York paper polled the dele
gates to the republican state conven-
ton as to their preferences for the
presidency and elected the following
results: James q. Blaine. 2Oi
Chauncey NJ, Depew, %; Robert L.
Lincoln. 10: Joseph L. Hawley, 7;
Frank Hiscock, 5: Roscoe Conkling.
4; General W. I. Sherman, 4. Gov
Grnor Foraker, 2; " Q. Gersaam, /;
Ben Harrison. /; General l. S. Cat
i'm, /; non conmittal, leo.
Hal Bradley, son of Mrs. J. NJ
Bradley of La Conner, left for Cali
fornia, his mother accompanying
hIm as far as Port Townsend. Hal
has ceen IN poor health lately, and
WIS advised by one of our best phv-
sicians to spend the wintor in the
Golden State; hence his departure.
Hlrs b, after making short visit
with relatives at Townsend, will pro-
ceed to Seattle for similar PURPOSE,
and then return TO La Conner.
W. +. Wallace, of Hallock, Mimi,
writing to the OregOnian, states that
he expects to start in few weeks for
W Washington Territory with the in
tention of erecting a cheese faceory
to cost $1,000, and to use not less than
3yOo pounds OF milk per day. with a
capacity of 10000 pounds. He wants
Il bonus from business men of the
town where the factory is erected
when 1t Is done He expests TO pay "A
cent Il pound for milk, and says there
Is nothing which adds SO quickly to
the ready cash of the town where it
Is located as cheese factory.
OTeSonian It may as well be. ad
mitted mat Washington Territory is
less inclined to load herself up with
the rubbish OF fossilized notions than
Oregon. Hence she avoids the blum
ders OF our usury law and tax system.
Hence her legislation is moro liberal
than ours to commercial enterprise.
Hence she does not propose the folly
OF sweeping prohibitory liquor law,
6ut introduces the ration and practi-
cable system of local option. Among
the people of Washington Territory,
taken at large, there IS broader and
more intelligent spirit than in Ore
gon, and this spirit has been telling
stroT giy in the more rapid (compara-
tivel Development of Washington
duriBg several years past There is Il
str Ng element in Oregon that is very
lin . set in old fogyism.